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SUBMITTER: Zocca P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6267643 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zocca Paolo P Kok Marlies M MM van der Heijden Liefke C LC Danse Peter W PW Schotborgh Carl E CE Scholte Martijn M Hartmann Marc M Linssen Gerard C M GCM Doggen Carine J M CJM von Birgelen Clemens C
Cardiovascular drugs and therapy 20181201 6
<h4>Purpose</h4>Patients with high bleeding risk (HBR) who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention also have an increased risk of ischemic events and represent an overall high-risk population. The coating of durable polymer drug-eluting stents (DP-DES) may induce inflammation and delay arterial healing, which might be reduced by novel biodegradable polymer DES (BP-DES). We aimed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of treating HBR patients with very thin-strut BP-DES versus thin-strut DP-DES.< ...[more]